Manager

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Overview

The Business Rules Engineering & Strategy team is looking for a Manager, Software Development to drive forth our mission of building robust IBM ODM Rule solutions that provide transaction level decisioning, alerting and notifications. Business Rules embed intelligence into the transactional cycle by leveraging scoring models, cohesive rule strategies and behavioral data, and when combined with our agile rule development & deployment capabilities, results in a competitive advantage for all stakeholders, in the entire payment ecosystem.

Role

Formally supervise and coach 2+ feature teams of business rule authors engineers to build, enhance, and support multiple rules base products/services in the delivery of internal or market-facing Products, Platforms, or Product bundles

• Work with business/product owners to develop and deliver on new services to introduce new products and bundles

• Ensure objectives and development plans are established at the start of the year and reviewed continuously throughout the year

• Recruit and hire the right talent, always bringing in someone better than at least half the individuals in the role

• Continuously engage and improve teams' performance by conducting recurring 1-1 meetings, knowing your people, managing career development, and understanding who is at risk

• Provide and facilitate timely feedback, coaching in the moment, and mentoring for staff at all levels

• Emulate and drive Mastercard Way behaviors through their behavior, recognitions, coaching, and employee engagement

• Manage and optimize budgets, forecasting, and cost allocation while delivering on business needs in the area of ownership

• Provide strategic thinking and leadership related to a wide range of applications and systems, or software-development methodologies

• Benchmark and drive engineering productivity, quality, and technology policy compliance in the areas of ownership

• Proactively share and seek knowledge within their Guild/Program to drive reuse of patterns/libraries/practices and enhance productivity

All About You

The ideal candidate for this position should:

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or Management Information Systems or equivalent combination of relevant experience and education.

Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills

Strong understanding of software methodologies (i.e. functionality & limitations)

Requires little supervision

Developed leadership skills

High-energy, detail-oriented and proactive with the ability to function under pressure in an independent environment.

High degree of initiative and self-motivation with a willingness and ability to learn and take on challenging opportunities.

Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with strong relationship, collaborative and organization skills.

Ability to train/guide more junior resources.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.